Cool Websites and Tools [August 12th]

Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. Most of the listed websites are FREE or come with a decent free account option. If you want to have similar cool website round-ups delivered to your daily email, subscribe here.

GadgetTrak Serial Search - Today's professional cameras are highly technical devices that cost a lot of money. In case they get stolen, the camera owner should have a reliable way of tracking down the thief. One reliable way is provided by a new web service, provided by GadgetTrak, called Serial Search. Read more: GadgetTrak Serial Search: Track Your Lost Or Stolen Cameras Scriffon - If you consider yourself a writing purist where all you need is a "blank slate" online to write and publish your thoughts, then you should check out Scriffon. This minimalist tool allows anyone to write about anything and get published within seconds, removing the need for a blog or a tumblog. Scriffon's concept is very simple. Read more: Scriffon: A Minimalist Text Writing & Publishing Tool Display Calibrator - For comfortable viewing, we can easily adjust the brightness and contrast of our computer screens and mobile displays using their built-in controls. But how do you calibrate a display? Which tool do you use to see if all the color shades are appropriately shown on your screen? The answer is a website called Display Calibrator. Read more: Display Calibrator: Calibrate Your Phone Or Computer Screen Seembee - Managing physical documents can become quite difficult when there are a lot of documents. Thankfully a number of tools let you manage and archive your documents by creating digital copies. One such tool is the highly useful Seembee, a web service that primarily works through iOS devices. The iOS app lets you take pictures of physical documents. Read more: Seembee: An iOS App To Archive Your Documents In A Better Way Trulia Crime Maps - If you want to move to a certain area but would like to check and compare its crime rate to your area or other nearby areas, now you can with Trulia's Crime Maps. It is an interactive online map application that lets you view crime rates by state, county, city and even postal code. Read more: Trulia Crime Maps: Find Out Crime Rates In Your Area On An Interactive Map

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